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Charltoni, Cray, v. Ogi/bii, Hodgson, and is connected by intermediate grades of 

 variation with ordinarily marked individuals of F. bengaknsis.* As compared 

 with Malacca examples of F. marmorata, the skin from Assam is more fulvous 

 than usual, and the markings somewhat more nearly approximate those of F. 

 macrocelis (v. Diardii) ; but the much smaller size of the feet at once distin- 

 guishes it from that species, whether old or young : the under-parts are also 

 whiter than usual, spotted with fuscous-brown ; and the dark markings of the 

 tail are rusty-brownish instead of black. Nevertheless, the species is decidedly 

 true F. marmorata. 



9. Mr. Pinsent, of the ' Precursor' S. V. A living young female of Gazello 

 dorms, from Aden. 



10. R. W. G. Frith, Esq. Some skins of Malacca birds, comprising the 

 novelties described in my Report for September last (XVI, 1179). Also a 

 young specimen of what I consider to be Tupaia javanica, Horsf., from Malacca, 

 identical with T. peguana, Lesson, from Arracan and Tenasserim, and quite 

 distinct from the ordinary T. ferruginea, Raffles, of the Malayan peninsula, 

 which alone is included in Dr. Cantor's list.t Among the birds presented, are 

 the Alcedo nigricans and Batrachostomus affinis ; Spizdetus nipalensis (.niger) ; 

 and Buceros rhinoceros with half-grown casque, B. malayanus (v. bicolor, v. 

 ant hr acinus? Tem., with white supercilia), B. nigrirostris (fsem.), and B. cari- 

 natus (v . galeritus ? Tem., juv.) ; also Philentom a velatum {Drymophila velata, _ 

 Tem., v. Muscicapa pectoralis, A. Hay), and two or three other small species. 



1 1 . Mr. E. Lindstedt. A specimen of the common Megaderma lyra, pro- 

 cured in the Soonderbuns. 



12. J. W. Laidlay, Esq. An exceedingly rusty-tinged specimen of Presbytis 

 entellus, procured in the vicinity of Junghypore ; also some skins of Paradoxu- 

 rus typus, F. Cuv., and sundry other specimens, comprising the skin of a young 

 Pteromys from Cherra Poonjee. This I recognise as of the large Assamese race 

 mentioned in XVI, 866, 868 ; but would like to examine and compare more 

 specimens of it, before asserting its peculiarities of colouring to be constant. It 

 seems intermediate to the grizzled variety of Pt. magnijicus and the Pt. oral of 

 peninsular India. From the former (like Pt. albiventer, v. innotatus)^ it differs 



* Some time ago, Major Jenkins favored us with living specimens of F. bengalensis, 

 both of the ordinary marking and of the variety referred to, which have since died and 

 are mounted in the Society's museum ; and I have now received, from Mr. Elliot, for 

 transmission to Barrackpore, a living specimen of his Wugati Cat of the Eastern Ghats, 

 termed Leopardus EUioti by Mr. Gray ; and I do not consider that this differs speci- 

 fically : the markings of the individual being merely of a somewhat bolder pattern than 

 usual, and more tilled up with black, than I remember to have seen previously. 



t Thai aTuguua exists in Central India, I was informed some time ago, I think by 

 Capt. Tickcll ; and it has now been procured by Mr. Walter Elliot. 



